Profile for Ugly Duckling

Well, I thought the Donmar production was fantastic and I'm glad New York is getting an intimate production/staging of the show now, too, as I believe it's the only way for it to work... and clearly, so does Sondheim, considering he did call the 2010 revival in London the 'perfect' production of Passion and devoted an entire chapter in his book to Thaxton's performance as Giorgio - something I found quite remarkable but thoroughly deserved as he was phenomenal (and phenomenally well-cast, as ...

Knowing 'Passion' beforehand and then seeing the Donmar revival production was an eye-opener, and everything about that cast - the leads in particular - was perfect, their voices, the age differences, their looks, the height, the acting, the direction that centred it all on Giorgio, and then the small claustrophobic space of the Donmar... I can't even imagine it with different faces anymore and I must agree with all the critics who said that they don't think it will ever be done better than t...